The first table below looks at the demand for Joomla! skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Joomla! over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Joomla!
Rank 113 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Joomla! 6 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.259% 0.346% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.500% 1.809% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
Average daily rate £300 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £224
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +34.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year
- -33.33%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
400 608 496
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.26% 19.15% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 315 264
Average daily rate £313 £318 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.57% -7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 33
Average hourly rate £19.50 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.60 £10.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Joomla!
England

Joomla!
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Joomla! across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West Joomla! Jobs Demand Trend

Joomla!
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Joomla! across the North West region.

North West Joomla! Daily Rate Trend

Joomla!
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Joomla! across the North West region.

North West Joomla! Hourly Rate Trend

Joomla!
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Joomla! within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +7 3 - -
Manchester +6 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Joomla!
England

Joomla!
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Joomla! also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Joomla!.

1 8 (72.73%) CMS
1 8 (72.73%) PHP
2 6 (54.55%) CSS
3 5 (45.45%) WordPress
3 5 (45.45%) OOP
3 5 (45.45%) HTML
3 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
4 4 (36.36%) jQuery
5 3 (27.27%) Ajax
5 3 (27.27%) Orchard
5 3 (27.27%) Marketing
5 3 (27.27%) Graphic Design
5 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 2 (18.18%) Open Source
6 2 (18.18%) HTML5
6 2 (18.18%) CSS3
6 2 (18.18%) Web Application Development
6 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (18.18%) Magento
6 2 (18.18%) MySQL
6 2 (18.18%) OO
6 2 (18.18%) Web Services
6 2 (18.18%) MVC
6 2 (18.18%) Zend
6 2 (18.18%) Drupal
6 2 (18.18%) PHP5
7 1 (9.091%) Web Development
7 1 (9.091%) Taxonomies
7 1 (9.091%) MooTools
7 1 (9.091%) Time Management

Joomla!
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Joomla! also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Joomla!. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) jQuery
4 3 (27.27%) Ajax
5 2 (18.18%) Web Services
5 2 (18.18%) HTML5
5 2 (18.18%) CSS3
6 1 (9.091%) XHTML
6 1 (9.091%) LAMP
6 1 (9.091%) MooTools
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) CMS
2 5 (45.45%) WordPress
3 2 (18.18%) Magento
3 2 (18.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Subversion
General
1 3 (27.27%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (54.55%) PHP Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Joomla! Developer
4 2 (18.18%) PHP Joomla! Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Web Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Graphic Design
2 2 (18.18%) Open Source
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.091%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Android
1 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) OOP
1 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 2 (18.18%) Web Application Development
3 1 (9.091%) Web Development
3 1 (9.091%) Time Management
3 1 (9.091%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) PHP5
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Orchard
2 2 (18.18%) Zend